Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #57
Featuring David Martin, Mallory Tater, Kasia Van Schaik, and Barbara Emodi
Poetry
The Time of Falling Apart by Wendy Donawa
As with movies that start gritty and move to hope or start sunlit and move to grim, this book has an arc starting quiet and small and becoming more vivid and joyful as it progresses, as if affirming to live every day.
Throwback: Everyday Light by John Reibetanz
What Reibetanz uncovers for readers and viewers, who should interpret the poems and the art in a dual fashion, is how the Dutch painters “specialize in what’s unseen” – how they “peel layers of misogynistic myth from [the] domestic scene.”
The Nature of Poetry: An Interview with Ian LeTourneau
Metadata from a Changing Climate considers themes of nature, change, and connection.
“Beauty in Filth, Rot in Divinity:” Stigmata by Scott Jackshaw
Their debut poetry collection, Stigmata, illustrates their prowess in queer theory, apophatic theology and poststructuralism that not only examines the tension between sexual deviancy and religion and how these two subject matters can have their own version of the profane,but also their thoughts and trying to make sense of their own being.
Journey Through Dreamscape: An Interview with Sean Howard
Sean Howard’s new collection, Overlays (Gaspereau Press, 2025) collects “fresh poems from the deep wells of two related texts—John Thompson’s influential poetry collection Stilt Jack (1978) and Peter Sanger’s Sea Run (Gaspereau Press, 2023), a critical commentary on Thompson’s [work].”
Throwback: Midway by Kayla Czaga
Midway is a highly accomplished piece of writing and an enduring testament to the story-making powers of love.
A Conversation with Rebecca Salazar
Have you ever read a book that feels like looking into a mirror—one that reflects the parts of yourself you’ve buried while offering the comfort of a quiet, steady it’s not your fault?
Include Everyone, Especially Yourself: The Chrome Chair by Danielle Devereaux
The title of Danielle Deveraux’s book The Chrome Chair comes from a quote the poet heard at the Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Society Symposium in 2003:
“We were promised a seat at the table of nations: what we got was a chrome chair” (5).
Throwback: Untamed: Lyrics and Erotics by Eva Kolacz
Eva Kolacz is no stranger to poetry where sensuality is freely and unashamedly expressed.
Ajar by Margo LaPierre
From the very first glance, the book captivates readers with its gorgeous, evocative cover, an image that feels like a visual invitation into the vivid and deeply intimate world within.
Read Palestine Week 2025
Below, we’ve put together a list of Palestinian books reviewed on TMR. What are you reading this week?
ITTY BITTY REVIEWS: Issue #4
With Reviews of books by Rebecca Salazar, Jake Byrne, and Margo LaPierre.
